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Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Plunges Further Into Chaos

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More artists have canceled their performances at the Kennedy Center after its Trump-acolyte-dominated board’s recent vote to add the president’s name to the performing arts center earlier this month.  The latest includes The Cookers, a jazz ensemble, which called off their New Year’s Eve show on Monday.  The band did not explicitly mention the name […]

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Trump’s Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Jazz Musician With $1M Suit Over Canceled Christmas Gig

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The president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is threatening legal action against a jazz musician who cancelled his Christmas Eve performance after the institution’s board of trustees, handpicked by President Donald Trump, voted last week to change the name of the performing arts institution. The letter from Richard Grenell, the […]

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Sorry Geese: If You Don’t Pay Your Taxes, Uncle Sam Might Have You Plucked

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If you’ve been thinking about tax resistance lately, you’re not alone. On progressive social channels, I’ve seen increasing calls for a federal tax strike in response to a federal government that doesn’t even pretend to represent all Americans, that uses base language to demonize immigrants and left-leaning citizens, and openly penalizes cities and states the […]

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The Springsteen Generation

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. I spent much of the summer of 1975 working on cars […]

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Listen to the Trump-Referencing Clipse Track Universal Music Allegedly Tried to Censor

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After more than 15 years, fans of the Clipse, the legendary Virginia-based sibling rap duo, are finally getting a fourth studio album: Let God Sort Em Out. Known for hits in the early 2000s like “Grindin’” and “When the Last Time,” and the acclaimed 2006 album Hell Hath No Fury, brothers Malice and Pusha T—now […]

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“Bending the Bars” Rap Album Fights Damaging Stereotypes of Incarcerated People

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“Bending the Bars” rips away bipartisan propaganda by letting incarcerated artists speak their truth.

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